Directions:Fill large tub with water and rubber ducks.Add a few drops of blue food coloring to turn the water blue.Provide child with spray bottle filled with water.Students will realize that if they squirt the ducks in the water, they move.

As the student is playing and discovering, talk with them about what they are experiencing. You can ask open-ended questions like: How are the ducks moving?What does the water feel like? How about the ducks?How can you get the ducks to move faster?​

D's in the Dirt​​Materials Needed:Tray or bucketDirt

Directions:Have the children practice writing the letter D in the dirt. They can do upper or lower case letters. Show them that they can shake the tray lightly or use their hand to "erase" what they wrote. ​

Little Duck

Once there was a little duckWho lived down by the lake.His mother had to quack at him'Cause he was always late.Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,Hurry, don't be late.Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,Don't make your mother wait.